Android TV
Android TV is a smart TV operating system based on Android and developed by Google. It is available on television sets, soundbars, set-top boxes and digital media players. A successor to Google TV, it features a user interface designed around content discovery and voice search, content aggregation from various media apps and services, and integration with other recent Google technologies such as Assistant, Cast, and Knowledge Graph.
Android TV home screens | |
| Developer | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Initial release | June 25, 2014 |
| Latest release | Android TV 13 / December 2, 2022 |
| Marketing target | Smart TVs, digital media players, set-top boxes, USB dongles |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Package manager | APK via Google Play |
| Preceded by | Google TV |
| Succeeded by | Google TV |
| Official website | android tv |
The platform was unveiled in June 2014, available first on the Nexus Player in October. The platform has been adopted as smart TV middleware by companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Sharp, Motorola, Nokia, Toshiba and TCL.
Android TV products have also been adopted as set-top boxes by a number of IPTV television providers. The "Operator Tier" certification allows operators to distribute their own custom devices based on the Android TV platform.